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THEOLOGY III Lesson 1 What is Theology? Theos- means - God, Logos- means “word, teaching, study ” it means -study of God and anything related to God “teaching concerning God”- St. Augustine “faith seeking understanding”- St. Anselm “is true science, be...

THEOLOGY III Lesson 1 What is Theology? Theos- means - God, Logos- means “word, teaching, study ” it means -study of God and anything related to God “teaching concerning God”- St. Augustine “faith seeking understanding”- St. Anselm “is true science, because it uses as principles the securely founded basic truths of Divine Revelation and draws from these new knowledge by a strict scientific method and unites the whole in a closed system.”- St. Thomas “is a cognitive process through which the human mind, illuminated by faith and stimulated by love, advances in the immense territories that divine revelation has thrown wide open before it”- St. John Paul II THEOLOGY- studying God angelology studying the angels Biblical theology studying sacred scripture Christology studying Jesus Christ Ecclesiology studying the church Eschatology studying the end of times Hamartiology studying of sin Pneumatology studying the Holy Spirit Soteriology studying salvation anthropology the nature of Humanity THEOLOGY HISTORICAL BIBLICAL SYSTEMATIC PRACTICAL prolegomena Bibliology Christology missions history of the church thelogy proper Soteriology evangelism history of missions Chistology trinitarian Theology religious education history of theology pneumatology Pneumatology pastoral pyschology history of ecumenical angelology Mariology church growth or public theology demolology Ecclesiology administration cosmology Sacramental theology homelitics anthropology Ecumenism spiritual formation hamartiology interreligious dialogue pastoral theology anthropology spiritual direction Grace political theology Theological Virtues Eschatology What is Liturgy? Ergos = work Leiton, an adjective of leos-laos = people Leitourgia = “Public work"- Hellenistic culture- any work performed for the common good (CCC.1066-1209) Septuagint version- OT, -Leitourgia- the duties that were to be carried out in the tabernacle of God by the tribe of Levi, of the ancient nation of Israel. they became the Levitical priesthood, and performed sacrifices on behalf of the people (Nm. 3:5-10) New Testament- are used to show the secular function of magistrates (Rom.12:6)  Old Testament -priestly office of Zechariah (Lk.1:23) Christ’s sacrificial or priestly offering (Heb. 8:2), the spiritual sacrifice of Christians (Rom.15:16), and the cultic celebration of the Christians who made liturgy to the Lord at Antioch (Act.13:2).[ S. Marsili, “Liturgia.” Anamnesis 1:33-35.] Some early Christian authors retained the cultic meaning of liturgy. This is clearly indicated by Didache, which tells us that the deacons and bishops also perform the of prophets and teachers.[ Cf. Chupungco, Handbook for Liturgical Studies: Introduction to Liturgy, 4.] In the same way, it was confirmed by the Apostolic Tradition which states that clerical ordination is propter liturgiam. In the East, the word has been consistently used ever since while in the West it started to be used only at the advent of the 16th century. The first appearance of this term in the official Latin documents was during the pontificate of Pope Gregory XVI. The Encyclical Mediator Dei defines liturgy as, “The public worship which our Redeemer as head of the Church renders to the Father, as well as the worship which the community of the faithful renders to its Founder, and through him to the heavenly Father. In short, it is the worship rendered by the Mystical Body of Christ in the entirety of its head and members.” Sacrosanctum Concilium summarizes the integral elements of the liturgy in these words, “The liturgy then is rightly seen as an exercise of the priestly office of Jesus Christ. It involves the presentation of man’s sanctification under the guise of signs perceptible to by the senses, and its accomplishment in ways appropriate to each of these signs. In it full public worship is performed by the Mystical Body of Christ that is by the Head and his members. From this it follows that every liturgical celebration, because it is an action of Christ the priest and of his Body which is the Church, is a sacred action surpassing all others. No other action of the Church can equal its efficacy by the same title and to the same degree.” (SC 7 2-3) From these definitions, we can see that the concept of liturgy contains the following: “1.) The worship of the father, thanking and praising him for all his gifts, 2.) The presence of Christ the Priest in the liturgical action, 3.) The action of the Holy Spirit in the Church’s liturgy, 4.) The history of salvation is perpetuated and made present through effective signs in the liturgy, 5.) the sanctification of mankind through the liturgical action.”[ Charles Belmonte, Faith Seeking Understanding: Sacred Liturgy, 448. ] Lesson 2: GOD THE FATHER IS THE SOURCE AND GOAL OF THE LITURGY 7 PETITIONS OF OUR FATHER The first three petitions focus on God’s glory, kingdom, and will. The last four petitions ask for God’s provision, forgiveness, guidance, and protection. 1. Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 2. Thy kingdom come. 3. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.. 4. Give us this day our daily bread. 5. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. 6. And lead us not into temptation. 7. But deliver us from evil. The Lord’s prayer is the pattern of all prayers.  Because it is the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples when they asked him how to pray.  It covers all the essential aspects of prayer, such as praising God, asking for his will, requesting our needs, confessing our sins, and seeking his protection.  It also reminds us of our relationship with God as our Father and with other believers as our brothers and sisters Do you pray to God the father when you are at mass? Why?  Our heavenly Father does not only provide for our material needs but even more so for our spiritual needs.  We asked Him to bless us all the time, to bless all our works and sacrifices, our whole life. His blessing is like the air that we breathe in the day and night. He is the source of everything that we have and the goal of all the things that we do. God the Father is the source of the Liturgy  Because everything comes from Him, and it is just right to return to Him our praises and worship.  He created everything because of His overflowing love. presidential prayers  Opening prayer  Prayer Over The Gifts  Prayer After Communion Why is God the Father the source and goal of the liturgy? God the Father this is the source and goal of the Liturgy because everything comes from Him and it is just right to return to Him our praises and worship. What do we offer to God the Father during mass?  Adoration  Contrition  Thanksgiving  Supplication What do we offer to God the Father during mass?  everything that we have  ourselves  our acquisitions  our triumphs  our failures and problems. Why do we need to thank and bless God the Father unceasingly?  He is the source of all good things in our lives.  He has created us, loved us, redeemed us, and sustained us.  He has given us His grace, His mercy, His peace, and His joy.  He has provided for our needs, protected us from harm, guided us in His ways, and promised us eternal life.  He is good, faithful, just, and holy.  He deserves our praise and gratitude every moment of every day. Holy mass  Highest form of prayer for Catholics  Trinitarian dimension of our public worship  Clear expressions of our liturgical prayers elements of prayers  Adoration  Contrition  Thanksgiving  Supplication EUCHARISTIC LITURGY  The part of the mass wherein we acclaim God's glory as we join in the hymns of the angels  In our Church’s celebrations we invoke God's blessings because we believe that as we bless the Lord we are the ones being blessed.  In the Church’s liturgy the divine blessing is fully revealed and communicated.  The Father is acknowledged and adored as the source and the end of all the blessings of creation and salvation. Christian liturgy  is our response of faith and love to the spiritual blessings that the Father bestows on us. God the Father this is the source of the Liturgy because everything comes from Him and it is just right to return to Him our praises and worship. He created everything because of His overflowing love. In return, we bless and thank Him for all the blessings He bestows upon us. We offer Him our worship and blessing His name. Our praises will add nothing to His divine glory ,but in glorifying God we come to share in His promise of eternal blessedness.